Louis de Broglie's 1924 PhD thesis was a mere 70 pages long, proposing the wave nature of electrons. It was so revolutionary and speculative that his examiners were unsure if it was even correct. They reportedly sent the only copy to Albert Einstein for an opinion; Einstein's enthusiastic endorsement secured de Broglie his doctorate and, five years later, the Nobel Prize in Physics.

 Louis de Broglie's 1924 PhD thesis was a mere 70 pages long, proposing the wave nature of electrons. It was so revolutionary and speculative that his examiners were unsure if it was even correct.

They reportedly sent the only copy to Albert Einstein for an opinion; Einstein's enthusiastic endorsement secured de Broglie his doctorate and, five years later, the Nobel Prize in Physics.